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Mike Trout Is Bull’s-Eye Choice for AL MVP as MLB’s Consensus Best Player

It feels like an upset thatMike Trout won the American League MVP. That says enough about where the baseball world is.

Or rather, where it's been.

In the weeks, days and hours leading up to Thursday's big announcement, it seemed like everyone was bracing for Trout (and fellow finalist Jose Altuve) to fall short of Mookie Betts in the AL MVP vote.